Lan Xiaye didn't know whether this was a mission to decipher the secret. She just felt that there were too few clues. Can such few clues reveal the exit of this world?
"Is it possible that the clue lies in that old man?" Qiangwei thought of the strange old man, perked up, and questioned.
Lan Xiaye felt that it was very possible that there must be other clues to be found among the people living in the straw houses.
The rain stopped, and the water in the house quickly seeped into the ground and disappeared without a trace.
The two walked towards the straw house, only to find that the door of the straw house was open and there was no one inside.
"They ran away!" Qiangwei closed her eyes and began to sense if there was anyone nearby, then lowered her head in despair, "There is no one within the range of my perception."
What an old fox, Lan Xiaye watched people go to the empty straw house. There was nothing inside except a straw mat on the ground.
Lan Xiaye approached the straw house and inserted the luminous crystal on the straw wall, instantly lighting up the entire house.
Qiangwei followed in and looked around.
"It's so empty. This old man must have moved all his belongings away! Oh, it stinks!" As Qiangwei spoke, she suddenly inhaled a suffocating smell and quickly covered her nose and ran out of the house.
This stench was so aggressive that it went straight to the Tianling Gai. It was like a rotten and stinking fishy smell with a bit of rotten sour smell. Mixed together, Lan Xiaye's mind went blank for a second.
But she didn't go out. She held her nose and carefully observed the environment in the house.
The straw house is very clean. A large piece of straw is spread on the ground, and you can vaguely see the indentations of many people sleeping on it.
As we walked towards the straw mat, the sour fishy smell became even stronger.
Qiangwei, who was taking a deep breath of fresh air outside the house, recovered and found that Lan Xiaye was still in the house. She was shocked and said, "Why don't you come out? It's too smelly in there!"
Lan Xiaye held her breath. The strong stench was probably created by the old man in order to hide some important information and to try to force them back.
Of course, at this juncture when there are no clues, we can't avoid the clues just because we can't stand the smell.
Seeing that Lan Xiaye didn't come out, Qiangwei guessed that the other party was looking for clues, so she had to hold her nose and follow him in.
As soon as she entered, Qiangwei's face twisted and she was retching while looking for clues.
There were no more clues on the ground. When Lan Xiaye was about to exit, he lifted up the straw mat on the ground.
A stronger fishy smell assaulted the nostrils, directly knocking out the roses around her.
Lan Xiaye almost fainted. She couldn't stand the smell anymore, so she pulled Qiangwei on the ground and ran out to catch her breath.
Before leaving, she saw clearly what was under the straw mat. There were dead bodies all over the ground. The rotting corpses were piled up together, like a piece of meat pie being flattened and spread out on the ground.
The clean and refreshing air made Lan Xiaye's mind less dizzy. She planned to take a closer look at the dead bodies and simply dismantled the straw house. The flowing air quickly blew away the sour smell.
There were no wounds on these corpses, and their expressions were calm and peaceful.
The clothes he was wearing were a bit like ancient costumes, mainly short, the specific color and style could not be seen clearly, and they were a bit blurry and dirty since they had been worn away.
Most of these humans were strong men with long hair tied into a bun.
Why were these corpses hidden under straw mats by the old man? Did they kill these people?
Lan Xiaye doesn't understand. Do these corpses hold any important clues? Otherwise, why would the old man go to great lengths to hide it, and even create a stench to try to force them away?
No, that's not right!
To put it another way, what if these are the things that the old man deliberately wants to show them?
In this way, the stench trying to drive them away is a powerful signal, making them notice that something is unusual here.
What did the old man want to do by showing them these corpses?
"Oh my God, why are there so many dead people here!" Qiangwei exclaimed. If she hadn't spoken out, Lan Xiaye wouldn't have realized she was awake.
Lan Xiaye's eyes moved slightly.
Qiangwei looked at the corpses curiously, "Are these the source of the stench? Wow, their way of death was perfect. It's a pity that they were crushed, otherwise it would be just..."
Qiangwei was excited for a moment and spoke a lot quickly, and then stopped in time when she was about to say important information.
Lan Xiaye couldn't pretend not to hear this time. She asked: "The perfect way to die? What was the cause of their death?"
Qiangwei chuckled: "Their souls were sucked away, and there was no pain at all when they left! They should have become nourishment now."
"The soul was sucked away?" Lan Xiaye once again discovered the hidden dangers in this world.
"Yes." Qiangwei was not afraid at all, and even felt a little unpredictable and excited.
Lan Xiaye looked at the corpse and pondered. The buns and buns could initially determine that this was an ancient world. The clothes and hairstyles of these people were not too particular, and they should be ordinary farmers.
Although the information the old man told her was probably all nonsense, seeing how cunning and scheming the old man was, Lan Xiaye was more inclined to believe that the old man's words were half truth and half false.
Only half-truths and half-falsehoods can deceive people the most.
"These people are farmers, planting rice seedlings in the fields, and then they suddenly find that the sky has darkened, they appear here, and their souls are sucked silently and they die." Lan Xiaye sorted out her thoughts.
Qiangwei's questioning face: We were all acting together, so why did she get so much information?
"How do you know these people are farmers?"
Lan Xiaye explained: "I speculated that because of the clothes and hairstyles of these people, and you can see that one of the men's legs and pants were rolled up, it should be for me to go to the fields to plant rice."
"Do you remember what the old man said? They were planting rice in the field when they suddenly found themselves here."
Rather than explaining to Qiangwei, Lan Xiaye seemed to be reasoning step by step, "I really care about what the old man said. He said that if he had been born in this damn place, he would not be alive now."
"Later, he blurred the meaning of this sentence, trying to make us think that something happened in the world, causing the sky to turn dark and dark, and we could not find our way home."
"And our task is to find the correct exit to this world, which means there must be an exit to the outside world. In other words, this world is fake or some kind of special small world."
The more Lan Xiaye talked, the clearer her thoughts became. Every sentence the old man said was disassembled in her mind and analyzed word for word.
Her eyes were astonishingly bright, "He must know about the two worlds, and he may also know where the exit is. Maybe he deliberately showed us these dead bodies to remind us of something. We must find him!"
